Decision 46 COM 7B.32

Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana (India) (C 1570)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 45 COM 7B.160 adopted at its extended 45th session (Riyadh, 2023),
3. Welcomes the establishment of the Telangana Provincial Committee and the Palampet Special Area Development Authority (PSDA) and the clarification of the roles of other institutions in the management of the property;
4. Also welcomes the revised stakeholder engagement protocols established, as well as the capacity-building activities undertaken and encourages the State Party to continue regular capacity building implementation in the future;
5. Further welcomes the detailed documentation of the components of the Kameswara Temple, and also encourages the State Party to continue with its reassembly and conservation;
6. Welcomes furthermore the submission of the Conservation Management Plan and the comparative analysis of Kakatiya Temples at the local, national, and international levels, and requests the State Party to respond to the recommendations provided in the ICOMOS reviews;
7. Reiterates its request to the State Party to submit a boundary modification of the extended boundaries of the property, with a view to including relevant elements of the wider temple context of the Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple;
8. Notes the submission of the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) undertaken for the proposed Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) Scheme project, and also requests the State Party to:
   1. Further develop the HIA, as a matter of urgency, to place the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) at the core of the assessment, in conformity with the Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessment in a World Heritage context,
   2. Resubmit to the World Heritage Centre, as soon as possible, the updated HIA along with illustrative material, including maps depicting the territorial relationships of the projects to the property and its buffer zone, section and elevation drawings, as well as the full Tourism Development Master Plan (TDMP), for review by the Advisory Bodies before taking any further decisions on the implementation of the proposed 10-acre and 27-acre projects;
9. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 48th session.